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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education"
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description: "Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
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legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 159"
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citation: "West Virginia SB 159 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Weld"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 40
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2024-01-10"
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last_action: "2024-04-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cf6f4ce-1ca8-4e27-8a87-87a19c48f31d"
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source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=159&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
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source_hash: "1735593901355df02d1f4a26225e3130df2a54625d6703373dabbe66dd4da1d6"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
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---
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# West Virginia SB 159 (2024) — Prohibiting persons convicted of certain crimes against minors from holding positions on boards of education
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb159%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=159)
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2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb159%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=159)
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3. **sb159 hfa fast 3-7 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2024/RS/floor_amends/sb159%20hfa%20fast%203-7%20_1%20adopted.htm)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- HFA HANSEN 3-7 #1 — **13–79** (fail) · lower
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- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Weld — primary (person)
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- Boley — cosponsor (person)
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- Chapman — cosponsor (person)
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- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
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- Grady — cosponsor (person)
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- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
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- Jeffries — cosponsor (person)
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- Oliverio — cosponsor (person)
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- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
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- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
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- Rucker — cosponsor (person)
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- Stuart — cosponsor (person)
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- Swope — cosponsor (person)
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- Tarr — cosponsor (person)
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- Trump — cosponsor (person)
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- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2024-01-10** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
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- **2024-01-10** Committee reference dispensed
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- **2024-01-10** Immediate consideration
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- **2024-01-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-11** On 2nd reading
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- **2024-01-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-12** On 3rd reading
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- **2024-01-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-01-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 18) `passage`
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- **2024-01-12** Ordered to House
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- **2024-01-15** Introduced in House `introduction`
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- **2024-01-15** To Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** To House Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-06** Do pass
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- **2024-03-07** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-03-06** Immediate consideration
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- **2024-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
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- **2024-03-07** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-03-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-07** Amendment reported by the Clerk
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- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-03-07** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 602) `amendment-failure`
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- **2024-03-08** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
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- **2024-03-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-08** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
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- **2024-03-08** Passed House (Roll No. 651) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Communicated to Senate
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- **2024-03-09** House Message received
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- **2024-03-09** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 481)
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- **2024-03-09** Communicated to House
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- **2024-03-09** Completed legislative action
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- **2024-03-09** House received Senate message
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- **2024-03-19** To Governor 3/19/2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/19/24 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/27/24 - House Journal `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-23** Chapter 119, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3cf6f4ce-1ca8-4e27-8a87-87a19c48f31d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
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